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' ' ^ittif*^ ^fPil^^TT* > AW ASDU8S TO THS SXMOCBATa OF 1 BOOTH CABOLIWA- I A COXVKXTIOH CALLED TO PUT CP A COX8KRV- ^ ATIVB STATI TICKET. To the Democrat* of Sooth Carolina : We nsk you to consider without prejudice whet we say to you, and to let your judg-. ' ment be governed by an intelligent regard for your own interests and directed by your love and respect for the State and her people. f We are not tryiog to stir your passions by general accusations which we cannot prove, t or to excite vain hopes by extravagant promises impossible to fu!6l. We do not wish to ( undo any good that has been accomplished ( or to reverse any policy which the majority of our fellow democrats favor. t We ask you to join us iu an honest, united, determined effort to remove the dangers confronting our people, the evils under which tley suffer. We must restore peace aud good feci ng among ourselves, that we may r Mnid und work together and give that t muiual help and cordial co-operation necessary for the well-being of any community. We can do nothing while we are divided into ( hostile factions and neighbors arc stpa rated by political distrust and discord. We submit that the course of the present State administration tends inevitably to continned irritation, division nnd danger. In i (lie campaign of 18U0 the public was tlecciv- , cd with promises of reforms which have not been kept : all of those who expressed their distrust of tkeee promises were then violently denounced. Kven such of these as, despite the bitternese with which they were availed, accepted and supported the will of the mtyority of their fellow democrats, have hoen treated as enemies, and the presort indications are that this proscription is to be continued and extended. Recent public dec'arations by those high in authority assure us that those who were from the first friends and followers of the head of our State administration, but who went wiih him only sj far as tbeir const iences would allow, aud then resisted or opposed his purpose, are likewise to be put under ban. Representatives of the people have been slandered, reproached and derided as driftwood," because they could not in all things think and net with the governor, and dared to vote according to their judgements. We are openly informed that s'rong efforts will be made to secure at the coming election the choice of a legislature more obedient to the governor's demands, more pliable in yielding to his will than the last. A circuit judge has been rebuked in an official message because hie decision 011 the bench did not accord with the wishes nnd opinions of the executive. The legislature clrcm the judiciary. Control of the one means thecontrol of both and the centralization of all the powers of making, expounding nnd executing the laws (powersgiven by the c nstiiution tor the safety of the people to the keeping of three distinct branches) into 1 lie bands of one man. Thopresent management of our party, apparently in full nympa'hy with the purposes and demands of the governor anJ with his help, has incorporated into the rules of the party new devices for perpetuating the pawer now held and makiug it more difficult fur the majority of the democratic voters to withstand the power of I lie machine controlled t.y a minotity. The tendency of all these acts and medio Is is toward further and deeper divisions and continued strife among u?. The signs of the 1 iiios warn us that umess there is a change we may have to choose between slavish submission to a danirerous and deirrndinir dis pot ism or a bitter, desperate ruinous s roggle among ourselves. To avoid these dangers, to restore peace nn 1 harmony to our party and people, wc c:? I on all democrats who wish to secure n conservative, safe, efficient State government, representing a solid democracy at home and ] commanding the good will nud confidence of the world at large, to give us the activo help of their influence and votes. We pledge ourselves and those who think | to make this fightHfor good government, the freedom of legislation, the independence of the judiciary and the liberty of the people Within the party lines; but to make it enrucs:ly, courageously and persistently in every t -wnship of every county of the Stutc \Yc call on all democrats who are willing to net with us on the pledges and for the purpose# above announoed, to assemble in mass meeting at their respective court houses on such days as tliey may see fit and elect delegates to a convention to be held at Columbia the fourth Thursday in March, 18lt'2 ; which convention shall be authorized to utime a State ticket to be submitted to the democratic vi.ipvi nml il>o <1?~ ? : - ? uiuig ucujugru'iu uonveuuou calle I to nominate a State ticket for the dun cratic party. We ask that each count) a eel t > the coQTeution hereby called as many delegates as it is entitled by tho rules of the party to send lo State conventions. We are moving for the peace, strength end prosperity of the State wc love, and for the happiness, freedom and safety of the people we honor. We invite every democrat to help in this work for South CVoliua and Soutii Carolinians, for the principles <f democracy ami thi party representing those principles. CnwAiii) Mi Ckadv, Jh., Johnson Hauood. J. G. Maxwell, M. D., William Monro. Waiu: Hampton, James L. Ottn, James F. Halt, M. P. Howell, JoiinC. Siieppard, 1). F. Bnadlky, ?. B. Murray, J. W. Summehs, A. B. Williams. Okoroia Farmkiis Want to Plant as Mlcii Cotton as Usual.?Savannah, Feb. 15.?Cotton factors here have beguu advatieing tnnaey to cotton planters, this date being tcveral weeks behind previous seasons. Planters have asked for as large, and in some nstunevs even larger advances than in past yeirs, showing an evident intention 011 tbeir ]>art to maintain the ucreage or to increase it. Factors nro refusing tliis incren e of advances, and are demandm security, even with those with whom iltey have had satisfactory relations for yearn and to whom they advanced money in past years without this precaution. No disposition whatever is shown on the part of the factors to take risks under prevalent circuui stances. 1<? Ki.kct Senators by Popular Vote.? Washington, Feb. 15.?The House committee on election of President, Vice President ami Kcpresentatives in Congress have | radical y decided to report the amendment propi sol by Mr. Chiptnun, chairman of the committee, to elect Senatois by popu'ar vote, aid to empower the Legislature of etch State to prescribe the lime, places and manner of election ?the electors to have I lie e|iialifu-nr.on of electors ol the most numerous brunch of the Slate Legislature. t "Mortally Wounded a.m? Fatally IIANfiRD."?Middleshoro, Ky., Feb. 10.? llcrrv Turner, a noted outlaw. ??? mnii?lifi wounded here yesterday wbile ntiempiing fo es.spe capture. He was then captured and lunged by his captor*. . A quarry of marble h>m been discovered in ' Virginia rivaling the faim us Numidian marb'e, which is tlie finest in the world, and 1 which is dug out of deposits in Africa at a 1 g> cat cost of time and labor. 1 ' Bix ki.kn's Arnica Sai.vk ?The best salve I iu the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, i Salt Kbeuin. Fever Sotc?. Tetter, Cbappcd hands, Chilblains, Corns and a'l Skin Erup- ] lions, and positively cures Piles, or no p?y required. It is guaranteed to give perfect . satisfaction, or money refunded. l'i ice 25 . cents per bo*. For sale by B. F. Posey. ' April 16. d ' >' ^ ' $&e IBeeKfy luion limes "1"' but en *. M. STOKES, - - Editor ?eau,cl Friday, February SO, 1892. s11 d*u - prtseu SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM etch w POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. Thursd Tli? 1*. O. will b? opened for business ticket Voin 8 A. M. to 0.00 P. M. voter?, The Mouey Order Department will be Crtt|e,| ipened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will Utrtnoci loss at 1 P. M. Mail will be taken from We i he etreet boxes at 12.45. ' advoca Any inattention or irregularities should a,jjrcs e reported promptly to the P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. hono" citizet B0U Judge Fraeer will preside nt the Irhy 1 text term of court, commencing Monday, Execut ho 7th of March. pirly, ?- -? recogn ?ka?" The Hoard of Pensions for Union ^ ie sounty will meet in the Courthouse on Sales- su lay iu March,at 12 M. selves Mr. T. H. Core has declined to fatthfu terve as Treasurer of the County, nod the |Q o!'1 Governor has not appointed but one in his Ini> place, so that both the Auditor's and c>nTel the Treasurer's oflices of Union county are an an( si ill Tacant. to a 1 rejec'.i BefiT Mrs. Nellie Garner, now living in | to atiPiuckney township, at the advanced age of Unlcr 83 years, is a somewhat remarkable woman, bly be She is n? hale, hearty and active as most field, porsons of (30, and upon the arrival of her the o granddaughter aud her husbaud, Mr. aud says Mrs. J. O. Moscly, from Arkansas, last week^ demoet she cooked them as fioe a dinner ss any one 0r ic/n would wish to sit down to. U'c She is the widow of Charles (Bully) Gar addre uer, a tnnu and name familiar to the older arraig citizens of Union, llvr genealogy is also tion, I remarkable : ot the She is the mother of 13 children, the high < grtudmothcr of GJ, the great-grandmother Cotive of 104, and the great-great-granduiother of 1. we c:i State Alliance Lecturer, John K. Kr'eTn ? * ' vcutic Jctl'eiies, gave us an old fashion call last ^ Saturday. 11c says the Alliance is not losing y,. VTB ground ill the State ; that the principles and , , , , . , tratioi aims of the order arc firmly engrafted upon ttie hearts of its members, aud being just . . ... . betwe and right, they will triumph. ? , ..... , ... of the lo a question whether he intended to bt jc a candidate for lion. J. J. Hemphill's seat j ^ in Congress, lie replied that thAt depended 11,CJ-C upon his friends iu the 5th Congressional as we District. If they wished him to make tliv equal race lie would do so, and he had no ferrs ?cl"*c crats as to tho result, if a fair and open race was ru;C8 given him. >akin _ ?. - . . timeFrom the present outlook the Till- not v inau-Ue-forui administration will be more conspicuous in the history of South Caro- Tories , liua as the administiation of litigation tliau riSni I an administration of reform. elects | When the expenses of the litigation in Gr | which the State is now involved, with the couK L'hosphnte and llailroad companies, the cruoi Bunks anil tlic Agricultural llall affair, surcl the Attorney General and his Assistant will to tc find their otliccs to be anythiug but sinecures, vole whiio the costs incurieil by the State in those thinj innumerable suits will be more likely to silioi increase the tuxes of tho people than reduce will them,.judging from the few cases already strcr '1 lie Comptroller General might have sue- etc:! ccssfully appealed to the Legislature to tuakc Tilln his path to higher assessment, or official jurisdiction in ilie matter, more sure and jg^ plain, but when one man arrogates to him- state self the power to set aside or override the Mess decision of legally constituted Boards of appo County Equalization and appraisers, lie not with only sets aside the law governing those weal Boards, but imputes either ignorance or coun unlawful conduct to the members of those siore Board-, and must expect to be resisted. tage MA I.. ?....! i.i Otliei (ks** ? vui iivi 111 uic opinion, uuiu panics naTfi in the Agricwlluml Hall trouble acted loo ^ j hastily, and it seems lo us that the Governor pr(,s was very unfortunate in the lcgil advice ,jj-8 < eiven liirn. Had the attorneys fur Mr. . " J has [ Alexander waited until they got full pos- ( ( session of I lie property nud the deed 1 r ' mont properly recorded, before tendering the worthless revenue scrip in payment ol ^ the balance, the Governor could not have tll0ac wrested the pr?per:y from them and on tin . v 1 J , , , trade other han i, it tne Governor had merely re- j . fused to receive tho scrip, and only left the validity of the tender for the courts to decioe resso hereafter the Clcmson College would have ?njRrj had the use of the ?10,000 now lying idle, . the suit for possession of the property and cwntj| damages would have been avoided, and the VR(lla Slate's position in the case made s'rongcr 0p,jl( than it is now. Wc applautl the Governor for his action in jiere peremptorily refusing the balance of the cpe)u( purchase money in paper that had beon pro- secur nounccd worthless by a spec al court ap- ^ ^ pointed by the Legislature. In that net he wj,]jn did tiie State a great service, but in acting (.re(|j| npou the advice to forcih'y prevent the ^ w purchaser who had complied with all tho ,jjgjrc tci nn of ssle, from taking possession of the properly lie had purchased, he certainly ^ ^ involved the Stale in a loir suit tiiAt may cost on yoi the State more than the face of the scrip scarce cills for, in damages nud fees. oftha Assistant AOorney General Town- I M*1 send was here last Monday, lie says he is mouse "on the wing" all the time now, and go's ninny ii hiioi, iigmiug railroads, banks and 1 phosphate companies in the different coun- At a ties. And when at his office at Columbia ,?W'!!? ter co he can have hut li tie liine for rest, judging from the fallowing which we find in the Mist State: ^ ^ "Assistant Attorney General Townsend with several assistants is simply overwhelmed with work. Local counsel from some if the ^jjgJ points named were summoned here to assist, j y ind tliey and Maj. Townsend were up late ast night preparing the answers in the ^ ^ Hank and Railroad niandnnuis cases. j' j' In the midst of bis work Maj. Townsend U' j aired his head and said, very wearily, "Anil here are many more boxes to hesr from , ret." Divin# The Major says he will be at Union frem A'IM Friday the 20tli insl., until the close of the ',a'r ' text term of court. March . ? full att iivine servioes. is rcqt We are requested to announce that Rev. gft(ne j, 4. J. Holmes will hold a series of services n the Presbyterian church, commencing Fri- ^ vc lay night befoic the first Sunday in March. Colors*. ' v r * WSM lreaa to Oomoorata! 11 .other column wo puhliah a forcible Im and conservative address to the pa rats of South Caro'ina, calling upon 81 iocmts who are d satisfied with tho bti t administration to ho'd m eetings in m >unty and elact del -gaics to a couven- cb ? be hold in Columbia on the fourth ig ay (21th) in Marcb, "to name a State to to be presented to the Dcmooralic t: nnd tho State Demoorutio convention to nominate a State tioket for Ibe. C< ratic party." A really cannot see whoro'n the Tillman bj tea can object to the object of the tli s. The gentlemen signing it^ aire a> iblo men, tried, true ahd trusted la is of the State; they reoognlre the fii Hxccuiive comni ttee as the Slate fc ive committee of the Democratic bi and, as a matter of course, will ize the Democratic convention called h as the convention to which they n bruit a Slato ticket, and "pledge them- t] and those who act with them to ab.de u illy the decision of that convootion." ^ or words, according to our understand- j, tho address, it is intended to call a j, itiou of aoti-Ti'.lmnnitcs to make up a i-Tillmau State ticket, to bo submitted illman convention for its adoption or f, on, pic Igiogjhemsclvcs and followers (| ie by the decision of that convention. | that srrsngemcnt there cannot posai- t i in re than one State ticket in tho j 1 hat is succinctly our construction of c bject of the address. It is true it , 'aState ticket to be submitted to tho g ratic voters" but doos not say whether t n tbc voters tball vote upou it. | ailmiro tlie conservative spi-it of the ? ss, and fully endorse its truthful nmenl of tho present Sta'o administraMtt as that administration has control ' tinrtv mapliinerv wit.li tho nmlivn of ' ifliciul influence to mould the Slate < ntion and secure a ticket to suit itself. ' iu'i sec where the remedy for our < noes can come in, if the Tillman conin is to l>o the arbiter. ' ile wc do not always endorse the 1 's mode of attack on Tillman's adminis- 1 n, we hare seen no proposition that < I so surely aud fairly make the lest ' ca the Tillman and anti-Tillman wings party as the following, which has been ' by Tint Stvti : 1 each faction nominate its ticket. Let, 1 be a direct primary for State officers, ] ill as all others.. Let each faction have j representation t>n the b^>ttrd1^}f*^bft1^1t^, | >f the primary election. Let all l)ento- 1 be allowed to vote according to the 1 in force in this State for fouriecu years, g only the oath exacted duriug that ?that the Toter is a Democrat, and ha* oled before iu suck electiou. Let each i n pledge itself that?these conditions i 'ully observed, a fair election held ami i a returns tnad&y-it will abide the t, and make no opposition at the general on. v 'i v. 'lillman has opeuly borate 1 that he 1 1 "beat any man in the Srate for Gov- 1 r." If he meant, in a tUj election, y neither lie nor his friends cw, object sting his strength by a fair primary of his fellow democrats. There isson?.. ; square and unequivocal in that propog. There's too muck "we will, if you ' about ihe uddrcss, deciding the igth of neither party. The only goou , ?- (u ? -ill ??o??nl an ing btn'e campaign, for it will give Gov. iau a quiet walk-over. ? . ? I?" M'c published in unother column ment that the Committee of three? irs Duncan, Sligh aud Timmerman? inted by the Stale Alliaucc to confer I lie Union Store Company, one of the lliicst mercantile combinations in tliir try, upon tbe mater of establisluog s in this State for the special adraoof the members of the Alliauce. 1 r words, the Alliance Committee of three combined with the Union Store Company jir.atioo of Chicago, to firm a gigantic I to monopolize a'l the Alliance trade it. Jtate. To us it seems that the Commit tee diced the Alliance, which is supposed uncompromisingly opposed to trusts, ipolios and combinations, in a eery corolising position. It is true, they tell us no Alliance member is bound to trade hi i stores ; but neither ate they bound ti through the S'ate and Cotin'y Agencies, f the Union Company's Stores are to the place of the Agencies, we see no n why the Alliuuce should continue the s and other expenses necessary to them up. And if the Agencies arc mod, we do not see what special adgo the stores will be t? the members i Alliance. are told that "the stores and banks cannot afford to do business on tht ! HVSteni or lnul ? , -- "'???> V"" ity." Well. that's a lit tic "fishy. ' If liicigo $5,000,000 Trust Company arc g to bring tho'r capital South to do n ( business and lend money to our Farm- | ithout good security, in the name of out 1 sscd Farmers wo say, let them come It is just what our Farmers wan', , lile they can get any amount of credit < ud security, good security is about as ^ i as money, and there's precious little t among them. , rk our prediction : Thero's a large iu that meal tub, somewhere. ? . 0 O. T , Union Lodge. No. 233. d i recent meeting of the Lodge the f 1- ' [ officers were installed for the quar- t mmenctng February 1st. f t. Morrison, C, T. i llettic Muipby, V. T. V. Greene, Chaplain. c cs B. Hunter, Stc'y. o ? Annie ltriggs, Ass t. See'y M M noetic, F. 8. . Corric Whitesides, Treasurer. IcNally. Marshal. ' i May Foa'er, Dep. Marshnl. b Stokes, Guard. ei Bison, O. S. ,, . Murphy, I'. C. T. .? tl Servioei h e will be Dirine 8erricea atiho Upper Forest Baptist Church on Silurday, ' 5th, at 8 1\,M., II. It. time. A ? emlance of the Church Membership c< nsted. Service on Sunday, Gib, at *' our. B. C. Lamplkt. b| m tn in of silver has been developed in u( lo that liaa astajed $100 to tbo ton. fit W^jgpe'e t^ot surprised to read in the doily Hobday, the deci-ion of the iprBR Cburt ia faror of (ho bank of Mnrlro^MPfs petition fur a wr t of niamUAuditor of Marlboro asscss'^^3U^p^^^^^Boe(jfip8n^Hkd by the Vftshiplracssors and boH^HB^pliza1 la Althoiv;'.! qot a lawyer, we thoifbt the omplrolU-K General's instruction! to- the uditora tol'?creaio the assessineuts made f (ho boanps legally appointed to perform tat duiwtM a plain aot of uaurpatioo of it^Ortiy, and Jutlgo Hudson's plain and gleal ret^w of the caso so strongly curat ed us uathit opinion that we bare never >r a moment doubted tint the decision would s anything l>ut wbutjtf is. Wo undcmtand Vtfe Comptroller General as scceptciltlie decision in that case as feting a'.ljjbe cher-ltau k cases, an 1 will abate leir o^msmnijSP^o/i jtlilion. 13ut why pon ptBtiowmd not upon bis or lor to the ludito^^^Brias to the suspicion that he ) not quiflHhfied that the Supreme Court s as competes to decide a question of law s the Comptroller General. Another petpliar feature of the cose is the act that the Jpurt was uuauimous in the leoision. fcii;n Associate Justice V. J. 'ope, who, as lttorney General, had advised ho Comptroll*' General that he had the ower to set dido the assessments made, iron h*, when Vitiide the bitter partisan nflueneta houae >in., to^rooren lis higher position by casting aside the iniirched cloaay Of the partisin and joined i's booorablc^assooiates in rendering a 'righteous dcciVon." Last wiXk applications were made I o Judge Frnse^, now holding court at Lau ens, for a mandamus to compel the County Auditors of Laurens, Spartanburg and Union to change tbc Lax duplicate in toeir cases to sohfurm to the asscs.-incuts of the County boards of equalization, Assistant Attorney Scueral Townaond represented the Comptroller General, and Munro & Munro represented the Merchants and Planters' Bank )f Union. Judge Frazer granted the application of ihe Banks. Iq ihe pi can time wc find tho following instructiohs'lroiii tho Comptroller General in regard to theXlrcenviile Banks, under precisely the. eamc circumstances. As we have no Auditor in Un'on to make tho change now, state J his order would hole good when un'Auditor for this County' was appointed: Klines to Acquit Tasks or tuk Banks. ?The county treasurer yesterday receive" t telegram fro in Comptroller General Ellerbc to accept tlio taxes of the three banks whieb secured mandamuses. He instructed the treasurer to ogtify'tbeni ihet they nny y? nave to pay The-Bill amount asked by the State, and the banks were to notified. It is understood that tho comptroller general is awaiting the dco<eion of the Marlboro case and uiay decide to proceed against Ibe bankutulcr Section 230 of the Statutes. ? Greenville News. Correspond euce of the Tim its. Thoughts and Doings at KeltonKklton, .Feb., 22.?M'o 1, Mr. Editor, 1 '.sr that you arc a false p ophet; you said soils Goto back when tlio gci-liaw of the plowman heard generally, throughout ihe cdk^t, that ike cry of liarJ times would soutnl stuf^JijoTs Throughout the couuly. (But th? gef-haw of the plowman is im generally hear! ts yet, fiieuJ. Oive us a few weeks more.?Euitob. We haye bad>ery nico weather for farm work for the Ujt week or so, and there ha* boon a great deal of plowing done, such ? towing oats, preparing land for planting com and cotton. The railroad! election was held ul Kc'.ton lust Tuesday As ordered, and everything. ..?*sed off peaeqab'y; everybody seemed to be in the best of h&inor. Now, my KeUou friends, you have lots for "tic at the PeaKidge Capitol, don't ask t<?? much for youif lands, that is, if you want your town to bfiid up. Tho brightest prospects of nine out of ten saiall villages have ocen ruined byjputting (he lots at such high jricet thai no gerson would buv them, sou I uiu ufraid that Kcltoa lug started in tha> direction. Mr. J. A. A<l*'.ns will more (o LocWhart shoals in a few days, if not provideutiaih prevented. Tt/WtnH leave Dr. W.T. Daiou's pUce without a tenant, and at this date it will be very bird to get a hand, foi every pet ami tba'- is nut employed expects to go to the Ka lr.'O'l to work just as soon at (tie company is ready for grading. It is said 6y eotno that there is an overproduction of ooiton. Is it so? I say It is *ot. It is wider-consumption from the -carcily of jnsuey that has caused such u wail of hard Uw*?. If there wero fifty dollars per capita titers would be enough cottoD goods used to oonsumc all the surplus that s claimed to Be on hand. Hundreds ol people go raggei iu this section, and why 7 i'bey have to sell their cotton at 6 and 7 cants per pound and buy it book at abou< 28 cents per pouud. Now we will say thai k takes one-fourth for waste and expenses, that leaves 21 ctirs profit?7 ceuts for the manufscturer, 7 cents f*r the wholes tie uerchant, and 7 cents for the retail merchant if sqna ly dividod.* Now where is the fanner's profit ? It comes over the left; and the pjor fellow has to go rsg <G>j nun nan snou, tor in? waut or money io buy what the farmer produces; and never, while ilie jaaaied .monopolies, trusts nuu :onibines control tho Natloual Government will ihere be anything better for the farraei, inh'ss he learos 10 live at borne, and not n?ve hie corn Crib and meat bouse in the lands of speculators. ? Kblton Wiikkl. * You hsve forgotten tho 35 per cent. ?i valortm "protective tariti"* in your livisi >n of pftfits, which the government in] oscs upon all goods that come in competiLon with our home manufactures. That rill reduce the 21 cents to be divide 1 among he manufacturers, wholesale and retail merhunts a little more than ono-third. But no lie goes in this country for the I rant of cheap eottou cloth, llagged clothes omes fromdullness aud downright want ?t elf respect. When the cloth for a ehirt can o bought for 80 cents, onl neat cilico nough for a drees, costs only 00 cents, it is rulirirr 1 ha aiean w an weati- ? 1 ?'* '' !'- *!} Mgvi*j vu |/?Viw/ lUIOft IU IB) tat any "poor follow bas logo ragged and alf nbo(l."1 i' !*. If tba poojle 0/this count*/ would fight 1 herd ugglosl high tariff at they doagaiom ipital nnd the industrial onterpriars of (La <unlry, ettabliahed and sustained by capital, ere would not uow be such a wail about ird liinos ?nd aoaroity of noney. Oa one ling yoArprighl. '^'ht farmers will find ? rrliefwmil they roAts (heir own corn, >ur taocj [ meat. | I T #*U; / ^ . ' ' For lh? Tihks. Our Mb. Kuitor : In order lo prove, if proof bo necessary, tbnt our financial system is i inherently false nud wrong and cannot be I justified on any principle of justice or equity, i 11 ike the litxr'y of quotiog from a few euii- t nenl statesmen of the past, as well as the < i resent, giving their views on the subject. I Thomas Jefferson said ''the power to i issue uionoy should be taken from the < banks and restored to the people and to Congress, to wltioh it rightfully belongs." John 0. Calhoun held that tho peiple should not be required to pay interest on government ere.1 t, wlnle said credit could be extended to them without interest." Mr. Blaine says -'one defective element io i he national b.ink system is that it requires ibe pei manonce of national debt as the basis I of existence." I Secretary Windom, in his Inst utterances upon the subject, eaid that "financial disss- 1 lers had nlways cooie with unusual activity i iu business nnd has caused an abnormal leruan J for money, ns in autumn, for moving our-inimerfsccrops There will always be. s?id he, great danger at those time* under any cast iron system of currency, such as we now have." Again, I would refer the readers to the strong nnd pointed language of tho Monetary commission appointed by Congress in 1870, which is fully maintained by the experience and all the financial history of the past. l*age 10 of tho report reads: "An increasing value of money and falling prices have neen, and are now more fruitful of human misery than war pcstilcnco or famine." Ou page 2<5, of the roport. we find the following indisputable language ; "A shrinking volume of money and falling pr ces always have, and always must have a ten lency ta conceit irate wealth, to enrich the world lo-day." And las', but not 'east, wo quote tho prophetic langunge of Abraham Lincoln: "The money power of tho country wi 1 endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices oi the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the republic , r i > ii_.i .u. ...... ?r l k..n 9 uesiro^uu. intu iu? |??u ui uiiiv^iu iwu guided by inspiration, be could not have uttered a mqre s deinu truth. It is fearful to lobk baok, even upon the lost "decade, and behold how rapidly hie prophecy ii being fulfilled. I am no prophet, out I verily believe if something is not done to check and hurl from power tho mighty monicd oligarchy which llireateus to destroy our liberties, this republic will not live to see llie close of the present century. llut, says one, why do you lake such a somber view of our condition ? I reply, oistory repeats itself. Tne late of Greece, ttoine, and other nations of the past is fresh in the uiind of the student of history. Our ship of State i? being ulcered toward the 'ante breakers upon which those nations were wi celled. Where nre wo to look for re'ief? To Congress?to tho law-making power. Give us ree coinage of silver; do away with national bauke, as banks of issue. Give us more noocy?at Itnsi ?50 por capita in treasury notes?issued directly to the people, at au interest not exceeding 2 per ccut; then the Shylocks will be deprived of the power to oppress the laboring classes. These demands and others of similar nature compose the much abused sub-treasury scheme inaugurated by the farmers, not only for their relief, but for the benefit . f nil classes who .desire an economical government honestly administered. We npped to the common sense, reason and Intel igent judgment of every patriot it iheso demands uro not just, equitable an t democratic. The politician's cry of uucon siitutionality has licon exploded long ago. But what shall we say of the press, thai mighty power for g >od or for cri1. Alas! the leading journals have ignored the rights of the laboring classes. More anon. C. 11. Boeo. Mews Floating on Socky Creek.Mk. Editor-?Our farmers aud their families hare agreed to ecoooniize*all along the ioo. They can, and still be happy. The plough is kept busy. Gardens are being 5xcd up, flowers are beginning to hlooin, and the promise still remains in the ' Good ltook," of "seed time and harvest and "no doubling Thomas" is aboard. The country is very well satisfied with the railroad vote of a few days ago, and hope lor ihe boner prices. The many friends of the Jonesvillc belle, Miss Etta Littlejobu, wish her a long uud nappy life. She was married on the 18tli 01 mis month, at the residouee of her father. iV. T. Littlqjoh i, Esq., by ltev. W. E. G. Humphries, of Kclton, to Mr. J. Davis Jet(eries. Tliebiidowas dressed iu a pretty, but simple ca'ico dress. The public road between Union and JonesVilla Iiedik iinmA 4*OuiilA iw.4." raw noma tbiog of the kirnl, a young maa from the former ptnoe got lost OA liM way to the l*t- I or. Ho found a Tory p'easvnt place to ?t*y over at, howevor. The Hooky Creek School, iu charge of Mi'd. i M. E Uiiiton, assisted by Miss. Alice Scott, ' fNew Hope, numbers about aeventy-fi*c scholars. The pupils still uiaintaiu their high standard of excellence. Mrs. l(r;il?D gives a prize each mouth to the one wh > has male the best per cent iu studies, ike. Last month Misses Annie und Lula Little tied, an i like loving sisters preferred sharing honors to leaving the decision tochauce. Mr. aud Mrs. Joans Swink celebrated their wedding Anniversary ou the 22d. This couple have lived to see their children settle in houio3 of their own and have many oving grandchildren. Their years set lighty upon thetu uud apparently they will be spared o enjoy their Gulden Wedding. Miss Dorcas May, who lit* been sick for quite a timo, is slowly recovering. She is about eighty yeard old, but still retains her cheerful disposition. Dr. Littlejobu of Jonesville is in attendance. Miss Mays during his long life has made liosld of frieuda, aud not to kuow "Aunt Doikie" would be to confess one's-self a stranger. We have been blest the pist injntli with Florida orauaes from Mr. UUliun'a nmn?? plantation. * We arc glad 10 learn through your paper thai you and your* are well and that you are ofttn'the recipient of the good things of life; hut regret to sec that when money >s being shared around you do net always get your part. M. *?-? Correspondence of ihe Union Timks. Notes from Basy Clifton. CtiKTON, Feb. 22.?A eery skillful surgical operation was performs i on a lady ne?r here a few data hm ho l)n?in?? ? 0 0- ~0 -w?io vnn anu lleinitsli, of Spartanburg, insistc I by Doctors Pull* and Dates, of Cliftxi, and Doctor Walker of Ulendale. Tiie operat 0:1, wuicli was entirely successful, consisted in tbe removal of a stone weighing 700 grains. Her. Thomas Couch is conducting a mooting at tbis place, lis preached twice yesterday to large congregations. Misses Carrie Hondley and Lena Johnson are visiting friends in Uatfuey City. Messrs J. G. Dyers an 1 John Little, of this pla<?e, are also visiting in Uaffney. Mr. J. W. Daniel, of Woflbrd College, is visiting friemls here. There is cousiderrble sickness here at present. Skato.n. The subeoription to tho ltuseian reliet fund amounted to (70,000, in the city of Philadelphia, up to the' 10th. A vessel loadod with flour for starving Russians left that port last Saturday. Correspondence of Jive Tinks. * All Soru by TelephonsJonksvillk, Feb. 22.?After a night am \ day's rain nt hare a clear pretty day. Al though it is Washington's b:rih day businesi is going on ns usual here ; but this is not a all any indication that our people a*e disloya or thai thoy hare forgotten "the father o his Country," but heous these celebr. tiori and legal holiday festivities are going out o date iu our country. Mr. John 1). Jetferies, of Asbury, and Mia litti Liltlrjuhn, of Joucsrille, were manic at tho home of tho brtdo'e father, Mr. W. T Litilejohn, last Thursday; Iter. YY. E. U Humphries officiating. The wedding was t very quiet one. There was no utieudmt and only a few ioritcd guests, l'he fauii ic of both tho contracting parties are wealthy hut iu accordance with a wish of the bride' father she was married iu a very neat an< plain calico dress. Miss Etta was one ofou bright cheerful and loveabie young ladies and with tuuuh regret her many friends ii Joucsrille part Willi her. She goes to Nortl L MVUICI VI VUlVl 111*7 O MUIIU1 III III1 koine circle, which we uro sure she wil always make bright anil happy. Mr. W.T. Liltlejohn mnl most of his famil; are now seriously ill with grippe. Mi Hugh liently, who has been dangerously n with the sauie disease is some better. Ther are many others wore or less com pluming o iIrs same miserable disease. Mr. 1$. W. Whiilook, ucur Jouesviili started out to his plantation tftis inoruin with his wagon anl Tour mules attached The mules became frightened and run away Mr. Whitlock and three coloied men wet in tho wagon. The mules ran for uearl, two miles, scoping the road all tho time, bo now and then dunipiug out oue of the darii ies until they, wl|hr Mb -W. lost, wero al none much hurt. Mr. Uauks Fowler, of our town, is attend ing a Mercantile School at Lexington, Kj Mrs. J. F. IMsill, of Cross Keys, is on visit to her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. G. L Fowler. Mrs. Fowler and Mrs. lletsill at now on a visit to relatives in Spuitanbur( Miss Mollic Liltlejohn, of Gowdysville, i visiting relatives aud friends in Jonesvilli Miss Moilie has lots of friends here, and hi aright countenance is always welcome. Too Presbyterians will resume work au finish up their Church soon and be read for tho Presbytery that will convene hei this Spriug. Tklkthonk. v. . il.. tiuc Mt. Joy Now*- - u Mt. Joy, Fob. 21.?There has been son fine weather for farm work, and tkc fare ere hare male good use of it iu the we of sowing oats, breaking stubble and pr paring their land for a corn crop. Fro all appearances there will be a large an put iu corn this year. 1 see the prospect is now that cotton won bring more than five cents next Fall, team that the mercltauts hare extended tl ime of (heir creditors from the first of Mart 10 (be first of April. If that be so, the will be a great deil more corn plante there has been only a few lo ids of comuie cial Fertilizers hauled home, and there w not be uioro than one-third as much uai io this scciiou as there was last year, unle cotton takes a rise iu price very soon. II. 1*. Mclvissiok, who has been very si< with Latirippo is getting up again. Eddie Humphries is on an extended vii to Ins brother, Bcv. \V. K. U. lluuiphri lie is g"iiig to uttend the Keltou bij school whioli is iu charge of l'rof. E. Aycock. The pastor of All. Joy church w soon mote into lite parson ige at Keltou. The subscript ion to the Lockhsrt Shot Itrilro.vl has bceq voted, a-id 1 think near every oue is pleased. Coroner Gregory came down Tbursd night and held un inquest over the body a colored child of John and Folly Ausbo: which was found dead in bod Tnursd morning, Tue verdict was thai the chi V.U.C |Y? HH X-,? . K.IHMI A ill unknown to the jury. J. D. G. Anotiikr Law Suit tor th? Stat*.? bombshell was burst by the recent purolu ere of tho Agricultural Hall building. Go ernor Tillman waa equal to the emergen ud put fortli ihe strong hand of tbe dial Shortly afternoon yesterday J. W. Ale ander, tnnugli his attorneys, gave t Suite treasurer a check for ooe-third of t amount of the purchase price of Agricultut hill, which was $10,150. It was accept, and the title deeds of lbs building turui over to the purchaser with an order for l! parties occupying the building to vacate t! premises. As soou as the deeds had beoo obtain the a'torneys of the purchaser tender Blue Ui igo bouds or revenue bond scrip tne amount of $10,810 io payment of li oalauce of the amount due on the buiidiu This was of course refused and Attorn iia) nesworih then se vei the followii notice on Treasurer Bates : The undersigned, J. W. Alexander, liavii executed and dulivcicd to you as T'ruasur of the State of Soiih Carolina lus bon dated February 2nd, 1802, condltionod f $10,778 07, with interest from sail dm and having executed his mortgage of the re esiute in Columbia on which is situa<ed tl uuilding kuuwu us tho Agricultural Hall secure sunt bond, aud having the privde; under ihe terms of ra c in compliance wi which he execute 1 said bo id aud uiortgag and also under the terms of the l>oud Use <o anticipate the uialurhy of add bond at 10 pay same at any time before mstur t electa now to pay the same, and herewi tenders to y<.n us said trcusuier in pay me of ?ai 1 bond and satisfaction of said mil gage treasurer's coititicaUs of iu-ebteJiics tbe State of South Carolina, otherwi known us '-Kovenue lloud Scrip," issu< under the net of March 2, 1872, lo Siatut at Large p. 7'J, to the amount of 10,810, ai should you drcliuo or fail to accept sa tender, tlio sail J. \V. Alexander lierel gives you n dice tint he will keep aaid te der good, aud gives notice to you and ll State of South Carolina through yon tbat I | Tail tender ho is advised and claims that ll lieu on said mortgage is liquidated aud tl running of interest on sa.d debt is suspends treasurer Halts referred iho matter Uovernor Tillman and he acted with h usual promptness. Attorney tieueral M Lauriu was ubseul at his home in Marlboi aud the osi-isiaut attorney geueral wi absent on St its business. In this erne geuc/ the governor obtainol tbo counsel 1 Judge >101101), and after receiving his advit on Ihe situation, Uovernor Tillman appointc Mr. L'oullette special State conrtan.c, an put him in charge of agricultural hall wtl orders to admit uo one. The goveruor ah rcsciuded the do ice for the parties occupj ing the hall to vacate the premises. He wi hold the check aud the builtiug until tIt meeting of the sinking fund couunissioi which had the property lu charge an ordered its sale, aud the commission wi then detertniuo what steps lu lake in lb matter. The H ue Ki.lge bond*are of the siin kind (bet Receiver Chamberlain teadere in payment of die (axes of the (South Car olin r?ll*ruy. It i? p obab o Hint a long legs 8'iit will be the re-ult of ibis more on th part of .Mr. Alexander, uuleas be otves.Oul. Hejuter. An epidenio of dipbiberia is prevailing a Maokeysburg, a town of 600 inhabitants ii Ohio. - ? Congressman Shell on Wednesday intro duoed a bi i to pay John L. Voung, of Unioi oounty, the sum of $1,000 for carry lug th United States mail la 1801. ,^{ Ths AUlanos Combines with the Union Store Company. Mr. Coffvon, (he npoot of the company, r?~ turned to tho ciijr yesterday morning front the North, whither lie went to- present tho * propoeitione of the Ailieuor, after its lest . conference with bin, and in the afternoon . he held a conference with Messrs. DwegKn and Sligb, two of the members of the c<?ni. ' ruittee oftbree. Iu a talk, with a ntejpbcr after (he in e - ing it was ascertained toot neither of the ? two pioposito ns ?>f the Alliance had b<eu acceptel. lie thought, however, that a uioet ' effectual compromise would be made nnd it would result in the company buying up a * few stores about (he State and commencing B operations. They alreedy hare about sixty * stores in opciati-m in serious portions of ' the Unitod State?, whmb aro proving succe^sB ful. Eight of those aro In Georgia. , The All aoco refuses to giro up their ferti1 Uxor business. Merchants, of course, w>il '' uot be affected for there will be no provision 1 forcing the farmer l? put oh me from these stores alone. All csu do business Where 0 they please. "We merely said to them, if 1 they coiue here wo will patronize tlicirtl?rca it ttiey will unko it to our interest to do so. ] The stores and banks here cannot utf?rd io j d ' business on tho credit system or end money without good security at the presoiii ? lime. There is scarcely a farmer m tho -State who can go through the coming station without ciedit, without expsrieucing ' wnut. This company comos au-l saj s it can * supply the netd." It was al->o stated to tho reporter that the company wanted the Ailianue at first to giro c up its fertilizer business entirely, on tho , y grouud that the company, being a big ufgani. zatiou, could bandio everything ohcaperj^^^^w^tfH All tbe talk about the Allisuoe^bsim^^i^^^^^^^H out by the trust', the' the coiniuiitee will make it us m keep it there. Tho farmers urs in a bad W ' fix and by this rnsatis they expect to gel u litem out of it. Dr. Titnuierman baring arrived in the city 'r the full committee held conferences jestery day, aud arrangomenia for the present were IS couclu led. c' It was docincd to establish fire stores in >r the State, one in Newberry, two in Edgefield, one in Marion and one iu Marlboro. These stores will be tried as an exnerimenL. nml 3 (i)e probability is that there will ere long be re one in every county. The committee say that this will be tho means of bringing capital here which will # give tho farmers loans at uot over 7 per cent. " secured by liens ou crops, etc. The farmers, ihey say, arc *'flat on their bauks" and help 10 has to CJtne from somewhere. u. l'hey have telograpbed to the men they want to take charge of the s ores, all good ' merchants, and expsct them here at once. Mr. CoQ'eon left for the North bat is expected to re urn and arrango for the itntui* date establishment of the warehouses, in Jp t| week's time. j Manager Duncan says he waate oae thing )o understood : They are uot goiug into the ' trust blind'y, end do not intend to hej got p" oed up by tho trust.?The State. (** Cat's Pkae and Cincinnati Kailboad.? from luformation received by a gentleman of this city it will uot bo long boiore work - ' will begiu on the Cape Fear & Cincinnati 85 road, the important liue to run from SuutUport, N. 0., to Greeurtllo. J The iinpressiou produced a short time since that tlio Cape Feir it Cinoiunati Rait,:t road Company had been supplanted by tlio 08 "liruuswick, Southern & Western Railroad 5" company" turns out to have been a mistake. It seems that it.c latter ootupuuy, controlled by Chicago capitalists, made an etfiii to capture the Brunswick couuty subscription 1 of $100,000, but the olectiou was defeated by V the friends of tbe Cape Fear & Ctnciuuaii, .nd thai company sull holds the tort ut douthport. It is uow makiug arrangements to carry out its plaus, which will give " another important liuo of road to Green vile. * > It will not only give this city a dir.ot dne to ' l ie splendid harbor at Soutbport, N. C., hut Y will t-ilug CuaiUcn, Chester, UtiiOu ai.d Uletlt dprings iutoclose railroid eonuect.ou wf>l| Greeuville, and insure the completion of -A the Carolina. Knoxville & Western tail road is* to Knoxville, Tenuc-see. It will also give y. Greeuville uu independent couuecii n w.tj oy tbe Georgia, Carolina & Northern, bel <ngtug te. to the John M. Kobinsou system, in emu e? x- titiou with the Kichuioud & Danville eysb* torn.? Greenville Aetct. he Tliit is the road to which the (own of Union subscribed $'20,000 to the Glean Springs link. We are glad to read tlio above, he as it renews our expcotaiiou ihut work will he soon begiu ; but we are not iuoliued to bcl one cent on tho prouiisos. No Muses Yxr in Siaur.?''There is a tido t0 iu tho affairs of moa which taken at the Hood h? leads ou to fortune; ouuited, all tuoir lives ? are bouud in shadows and miseries." Tuat > tide in Carolina's affairs is upoa us. If the ok sliii' w ? i? ?1 ?... _ _ .guutlUCU ll-UUl lllllttkU rule, it is tune an organized etf'rt were aI <eing made to do so. if we are wailing ci with arms folded, sotaciug ourselves wuii d, the delusive hope that at tue critic il uioiueut or 4 Moses will miraculously appear oa t:>e o, scene, it ueeds no prophet to tel. us we me si doomed to disippoititiucn'. lie We believe lo a certain degree, ia special to providential dispensations, but we also go believe that there is a very considerable tb madiouoi of truth in the old adage that the o, "winds and waves are always on the side if H> the a'dest navigators." At any rate, in the rd decision iu this political coutesi. n. J. between pitriotisai and treichery, a ojuUvst *l? oetweeu s(atesuiausiiip and aeiu?gogueiy, a ? contest between seif-aicnticiug toy* ty to I- .State and a hungering and (lit stiug alter ot the cmolumeuls of otlice, a ooute?t betwee.i se tuo diguitied tnauhiod of the ritale mid the baseness of those who would subordinate all Od things to tneir own selfish designs, a con* id test between the rights of the people and hi the* usurpations of a dictator, a contest >y between those who are the real friends of f~ houest reform and those who havo ^proven ie themselves to be "ravening wolves" lu'shcep'e >) olutbiug," lu ibis ooutest we liopo we shall not be aocused of irreverence when we it nay that more is to be oxpectod from ouord. gctio and organized wufk than froui. provi- ' to nential interfeiencc. > It is to bo borne in tuiud lit it all the ma- ' ' c- obineiyoftbeUovernmeutandalltheelrotiom ro maehiuery are in the hands of tue oppositiuu ^flj ? ?nd that opposition is one that will not so.'U| le r- to stoop to auy methods by wh.ch theyo<u ol obtain the victory. Honest, c>n*ervitivo methods should be used, and houosl conhi .icrvaiive men chosou to lead tlio oause. The id extreme Haaltelites, who, lu the last el?Q* h lion, "sowui the wind an I reaped the * whirlwind," should nut be rootgtiixeJ in f- tue slate-muking any more tliaa tne extreme h fillmauites. Tue men who manfully ale e ibe.r crow, who saoriticrd personal preterit ences and predictione to wh.it they o .neeived I to be tlicit' duty to the party, are tuey wuo II are deserving of preferment at this oriste.? ureenicooa uoserver. .# i e A Wonukr Work kb.?Mr. Fra ik Hu/T'l man, a young mau of Uurliugton, Ohio, a s aies that lie hid been under uia care of n two prominent physicians, and use! ihoir e ireatmaot uoiil he wjsuoi able tj get - arouud. The/ pronounced nia case la be Consumption, and iaourude. lie was per< euaded to try Dr. King's Near Discovery for djh Consumption, Coughs and Cdds and at that ' '' time waa not able 10 walk across (he street " w.thout railing, lie found, beforo he bad used half of a dollar bottle, that he waa uiuou better; he oontinuod lo uao it, and la u-dsy eujoying good he*lib. If you bare a any Throat Luug or Cheat Trouble try it. e We guarantee eatlafaot.on. Trial bottle free I at b. F. l'oae/'a Drug atore, M